by Millie Copper | Nov 16, 2016 | Homesteading
For the last several years we’ve been raising chickens for meat and eggs. Over the years we’ve had an assortment of breeds of egg laying chickens but tend to favor the dual purpose birds such as Buff Orpington or White Rock. These birds are a nice sturdy...
by Millie Copper | Jun 15, 2020 | Homeschooling, Homesteading
As part of our year-round homeschool routine, we do summer homeschooling. I’ve found this works best for our schedule and allows us to take time off throughout the year. It also helps keep things in focus. At the beginning of 2020, I shared our homeschool lesson...
by Millie Copper | Jan 6, 2020 | Homeschooling, Homesteading
I love the new year! Among other reasons, I look at it as an opportunity to review our homeschool lesson plans. I take a look at what works and what doesn’t, then make adjustments as necessary. While we do advance to a new grade every September (to coincide with...
by Sierra Smith | Nov 29, 2017 | A Calm Sanctuary, Homesteading
With Thanksgiving done and turkeys gobbled up, we at the Smith house are looking forward to Christmas with glee! If you’re anticipating guests for the holidays, don’t forget to put a little time aside to make their lodging comfortable and homey. A little...
by Millie Copper | Aug 11, 2013 | Cooking, Homesteading
One thing that has changed in our journey to real food is how we shop. In many ways we completely relearned this shopping skill. This was not something that happened overnight and in some ways it wasn’t completely an easy task. Before we could relearn our...
by Millie Copper | Jan 22, 2010 | Homesteading
One thing that is important to me in our Real Food is endeavor being aware of where our food is coming from. We hope some day in the future to be able to consume most of our food from local sources. But like everything, it takes time to make that happen. It has been...